Albrecht III. (Habsburg)

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Albrecht III. , called the rich also Albert († February 10, 1199 ) was Count von Habsburg from 1167 to 1199 and Vogt of Muri and Landgrave in Alsace .

Albrecht followed his father Werner II von Habsburg as Count von Habsburg in 1167 . He was a supporter of the Hohenstaufen imperial family.

Ancestors, founders of the St. Trudpert Monastery

Based on a twice transsumpted document of February 21, 902, which in 1186 by Albrecht III. is issued, he confirms the donations made to the St. Trudpert Monastery by his ancestors, Counts Liutfried, Othpert and Lampert. → Etichons

According to the original, Count Othpert has St. Trudpert included in his domain.

Marriage and offspring

In 1164 he married Ita von Pfullendorf (* around 1151/52; † before 1191), the daughter of Rudolf von Pfullendorf , niece of Duke Welf VII and granddaughter of Duke Welf VI. from the house of the Guelphs . Ita is named in a genealogy created around 1160 in the Habsburg monastery in Muri as filia sororis ducis Welph (daughter of the sister of Duke Welf, meaning Welf VII.). Through this marriage, her great-grandson King Rudolf I and all other kings and emperors from the House of Habsburg are cognatically (in a female line) related to the Guelphs. With Ita he had two children:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Printing or processing of the documents by: Marquard Herrgott , Geneal. Volume II. P. 197 and Schöpflin Alsatia Vol. 1, p. 100, as well as Trudpert Neugart Codex dipl. P. 54, excerpts
  2. ↑ Armin Wolf: Welf VI. - Last of the Swabian Guelphs or progenitor of the kings? In: Rainer Jehl (Ed.): Welf VI. Scientific colloquium for the 800th year of Welf's death VI. in the Schwäbisches Bildungszentrum Irsee from October 5 to 8, 1991. Sigmaringen 1994, pp. 43–58, p. 47.
  3. ↑ Genealogia norstrorum principum . Image on e-codices.unifr.ch.
  4. ↑ Hans Ulrich Fisch's book of arms . Aarau 1622, Albertus the other name , p. 29 ( Aargau State Archives, V / 4-1985 / 0001: 29r ).
predecessor Office successor
Werner II. Count of Habsburg
1167–1199 		Rudolf II.
personal data
SURNAME Albrecht III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albert the Rich, also Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count von Habsburg and Vogt von Muri in Aargau and Landgrave in Alsace
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1199